Undergarment for women



M. D. NEILSON. .UNDERGARMENT FOR WOMEN. APPLICATION FILED Aue.21, f92o..

Patented Aug. 30, 1921.

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-. new and useful Improvements in an Under-. garment for Women, of whichthe following.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY D. NEILSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. I I

UNDERGARMENT FOR WOMEN..-

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, MARY D. NEILSON, a

citizen' of the United States, residing at Minheapolis, in the county ofHennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain is aspecification,

My invention relates to an undergarment for women, and has for itsobject to provide an undergarment with a closed crotch and an openingalong the side of the leg which shall be adapted to have the legs closedto produce a bloomer construction, which shall be of inelastic materialsuch as muslin or 'nainsook, whichshall fitthe wearer no matter what theposition of the body without any strain or tension at any point, andwhich shall be particularly. comfortable and satisfactory when worn.}The garment of my invention which may be either .a union garmentcomprising waist and leg portions or drawers-bloomers only, preferablyhas no waist opening but is adapted to slip up over the form of thewearer, there being only a side opening along one of-the legs which is.

closed by snaps, buttons or other forms of fastening. Substantialfullness is produced edge of the backmember, whereby legs of.substantial length are-provided witha markby the combined effect ofmaking the back portion of the garment longer in amount of material thanthe frontportion-and gathering the edges of the back portion to theedges of the front portion in combination withlthe provision of arectangular insertion sewed directly to the center cleft edges of thefront member and the curved bottom edge of the back member, whereby thetwo portions are united to form'legs and at the same time pro:

vide a substantial depth of material at the- -bythe fact that the frontmember isformed with a single slit or cleft at its center-to which theinsert is sewed directly, the same being in turn sewed to the bottomcurved edly fulled seat portion, and yet the garment -form of thewearer.

will have a straight front closely fitting-the The full objects-andadvantages of my in- Specification of Letters Patent. I

. vention will more fully appear in connection with the detaileddescription thereof, and the novel features of the invention. are]particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings illustrating-"the rpl ga g Patented Aug. 30,1921.Applicationfiled August 21, 1920. Serial No. 405,139.

tion of my inventlon in one form, Figure 1 1s a perspective view of'afigure wearmg a garment formed of the drawers member only, and Fig. 2 isa figure wearing a some:"

what similarunion garment, both Fig. 1 and f Fig. 2 showing the straightline front efi'ect of'the garment, Fig. 3 shows a figure in a n odistorted position wearing a unlon garment andshowing the natural'fit ofthe garment in the extreme position of the wearer. I Figs. 4, '5 andGare pattern views of thethree piec'es making up the bloomer garmentonly. Asillustrated, a front member 10 is proback member 1 10f greaterlength than the front member- "10 is provided with curved sideedges-15', 16 and a' curved bottom edge piece making up the uniongarment. Figs. 7, I

8, and 9 are similar pattern views of three vided having slightly curvedside. edges and 12 and-a central bottom cleft 13. .The]

17, all as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The front .member 10 and back member14 have portions (1 and a at theside edges 11 and 12;.

which are ofequallength aiid-aresewed together to produce the waistof'the union garment. Other portionsof the edges .11; 12

together, edge portion 6 of back-member'l being of greater length thanedge portions 6 of front-member 10 so that the back member 15 is atthese points fulled to the front. member. 10 as shown at 18 in Figs. 1and-2 and also at 19 in Fig. 3, where the fulling is to a separate band20 removably fastened and 15 16 respective1y,'b and b, are sewed band atthe waist,'the'edges I; being shorter than the edges 6'- producingthe'fulled effect, exactly as in the union garment of Figs. 4 and 5. Thefront member 21 has a central cleft or slit 23, exactly like thecleft'13 of the member'5. In fabricating the garment, a rectangularpiece 24, as shown in Figs. 6 and9, is sewed along its edge to the.edges of the cleft 23 or 13, forming an insert as indicated at 25 inFig. 1. The rear edge of the insert 24 is sewed to the curved edge 17 ofback member 14 or tosimilar curved edge 26 of back member22. The legopenings are formed by the lower edges 28 and 29 of the front members,the oblique edges 30 and 31 of the back members and the end edges32 and33 of the insert 24. These leg openings are preferably gathered togetherby an elastic band, as indicated at 35 in Figs. 1, 2

and 3. r

The garment produced in the above manner has, as shown, a perfectlystraight front with material depth at the crotch from the front to theback and substantial fullness at the seat portion of the drawersmemberof the garment. k

g It will be noted that the provision of the 7 insert attached along itsedges to the cleft 13 gives to the front member increased width ofmaterial extending inwardly from the lower portion of the median line ofthe front member, of which the cleft 13' is a geometrical continuation.That is, considering the front member 10, as shown in Fig. 5, extendedin a plane and the strip 33 sewed along one edge to the edges ofcleft 13and folded at its center, it would have the. effect of increasing thewidthof material ofeach manner-at the ment extending directly back endof the median line of the front member,

portion at the side of the cleft 13 an amount equal to the width of theinsert 24' and this increase of width of material would be di 1rectlyinward or backward from the cleft 13.

It 1s this increase of width provided. in this pomt specified whichgives a crotch fullness between the legs of the-garand which inconnection with the fulled union of the back member at its side edges tothe' side edges of the front member pro-- of the back member.

. a back member 2. A womans rundergarment comprising having the centralportion of the bottom. edge concavely .curved throughout'its length, afront'member havmg its center cut a ong a straight line a predetermineddistance, and an elongated rectangular insert sewed along onelongitudifrom the lower 3. A womans undergarment comprising a frontmember having its center cut along a straight line a predetermineddistance and having side edges, a back member hav- 7 ing the centralportion of the bottom edge concavely curved throughout its length, andhaving side edges of greater length than the side edges of the frontmember, said side edges of the back member having a fulled connectionwith the side edges of the front member so as to produce substantialfullness in the seat portion of the garment, and an insert sewed alongone of its edges to the edge of said center cut and along another of itsedges to the curved edge of the back member.

4. A womans underg front member having its center cut along a straightline a predetermined distance and having side edges, a backv memberhaving the central portion of the. bottom edge concavely curvedthroughout its length and having side edges of greater length than theside edges of the front member, said side edges of the back memberhaving a fulled connection with the side edges of the front member so asto produce substantial fullness in-the seat portion of the garment, andan insert having parallel edges, one of said parallel edges being sewedthroughout its length to the edges of said center cut and the other ofsaid parallel edges being sewed to the curved edge of the back member.

- 5. An .undergarment comprising a back member having side edges and abottom edge arment comprising a v formed with a straight portionextending from and angularly disposed inrelation to each of said sideedges and having a portion between the two straight portions concavelycurved throughout its length, a front member having side edges connectedwith the 1 side edges of the rear member and having increased *width ofmaterial extending inwardly from the lower portion of the median ine ofsaid front member, said. in-

.acreased width of material having a continuous edge connected throuhout its length with the curved edge on y of the back member, wherebyleg members of the garment are formed with crotch fullnessextendingdirectly back from the median line at the front of the crotchbetween said leg members.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

MARY D. NEILSON.

